In low power state, usually standby, they're connected to the network and listen for requests to download a new title (bought online) or updates. I know on the Xbox One side of things this feature is semi-off by default as it turns the HDD off to save power, but it's still in standby in the sense that it takes only a few seconds to get to a usable state.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 2:46 PM Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Aren't most modern consoles on whether they're "on" or not? IE: It's not a > full power up from a dead stop, 0 watts power usage. > > I'd think they'd be able to come out of sleep mode on their own, download > the update, then go back to sleep. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Seth Mattinen" <se...@rollernet.us> > *To: *nanog@nanog.org > *Sent: *Wednesday, February 12, 2020 1:42:21 PM > *Subject: *Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that > > On 2/12/20 11:31, Livingood, Jason wrote: > > But I think folks are correct that the issue may be more that a given > gaming device was turned off at night (though no reason that device could > not pre-cache the content from the source). In any case, there should be a > better way to address this. The Internet will see more and more of these > downloads and smoothing the impact out seems prudent for all involved. > > > Putting my end user hat on, I turn off all my consoles when I'm not > using them, often for weeks. When I get home and it looks like I'll have > time to play after dinner I'll turn one of them on and let it > download/install. I don't really care that my off work and dinner times > might not be convenient for my ISP to download giant files. I fully > understand the ISP's perspective, but I'm not going to start leaving my > consoles on 24x7. > > The way to address this used to be this thing called "physical media" > that held games, but nowadays even when I have a game on disc it has to > download at least one massive patch before it will play. > >
